Exercise dependence or addiction has been described as a 'positive addiction', but it can have links with damaging dysfunctional and excessive behaviours, including eating disorders. Clinical and sport psychologists now acknowledge the condition and report that it can be found in recreational…

Rethinking Aggression and Violence in Sport explores the psychological aspects of these two intrinsic elements of competitive sport.
This book critically examines the important issues associated with aggression and violence in sport, including:
* a review of current theory in the psychology of…

Reversal Theory

Why did Michael Jordan quit basketball and take up baseball? Why was Martina Navratilova so successful as a professional tennis player? These and many other questions about aspects of motivation and emotion in sport are addressed in this book which is newly available in paperback. Reversal theory's…